An Alpine-style Ordovician collision complex in the Sierra de Pie de Palo, Argentina: Record of subduction of Cuyania beneath the Famatina arc

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-361

  van Staal, C R ^a   Vujovich, G I ^b,c   Currie, K L ^d   Naipauer, M ^b,c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collision complex; Cuyania; Fold nappes; Subduction channel; Thrusts

Indexed keywords

COLLISION COMPLEX; CUYANIA; FOLD NAPPES; SUBDUCTION CHANNEL; THRUSTS;

BUILDINGS;

DEFORMATION;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; COLLISION; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLDING; NAPPE; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENY; RIFTING; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION;

ARGENTINA; SAN JUAN [ARGENTINA]; SIERRA DE PIE DE PALO; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS;

EID: 79551641515     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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